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Technical Annex European Economy Convergence Report 2007 on Malta – Technical Annex A Commission services working paper SEC(2007) 622 Aknowledgements The Convergence Report and its Technical Annex were prepared in the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs. The main contributors were Pavlína Žáková and Paul Kutos. Other contributors to the paper were Sean Berrigan, Ivan Ebejer, Christine Gerstberger, Fabienne Ilzkovitz, Baudouin Lamine, Claudia Lindemann, Lucio R. Pench, Nuno Sousa, Andreas Trokkos, Charlotte Van Hooydonk and Johan Verhaeven. Statistical assistance was provided by André Verbanck and Gerda Symens. The paper was coordinated by Massimo Suardi, and approved by Servaas Deroose, Director, and Klaus Regling, Director-General. Contents 1. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................1 1.1. Role of the report........................................................................................................... 1 1.2. Application of the criteria ............................................................................................. 2 2. LEGAL COMPATIBILITY.................................................................................................. 10 2.1. Legal situation............................................................................................................. 10 2.2. Assessment of compatibility ....................................................................................... 11 3. PRICE STABILITY............................................................................................................... 12 3.1. Respect of the reference value..................................................................................... 12 3.2. Recent inflation developments.................................................................................... 12 3.3. Underlying factors and sustainability of inflation....................................................... 13 4. GOVERNMENT BUDGETARY POSITION ..................................................................... 17 4.1. The excessive deficit procedure for Malta .................................................................. 17 4.2. Developments until 2006 ............................................................................................ 17 4.3. Medium-term prospects............................................................................................... 18 5. EXCHANGE RATE STABILITY........................................................................................ 20 6. LONG-TERM INTEREST RATES ..................................................................................... 22 7. ADDITIONAL FACTORS.................................................................................................... 23 7.1. Financial market integration........................................................................................ 23 7.2. Product market integration.......................................................................................... 24 7.3. Development of the balance of payments ................................................................... 27 List of Tables Table 1. Inflation reference value in previous and current Convergence Reports Table 2. Malta: Components of inflation Table 3. Malta: Other inflation and cost indicators Table 4. Malta: Budgetary developments and projections Table 5. Malta: Product market integration Table 6. Malta: Balance of payments List of Charts Chart 1. Malta: Inflation criterion since May 2004 Chart 2. Malta: HICP inflation Chart 3. Malta: Inflation, productivity and wage trends Chart 4. Nominal effective exchange rate: MTL Chart 5. MTL: Spread vs central rate Chart 6. Exchange rates: MTL/EUR Chart 7. Malta: 3-M Mibor spread to 3-M Euribor Chart 8. Malta: Long-term interest rate criterion Chart 9. Malta: Long-term interest rates Chart 10a. Malta: Structure of financial system relative to EU-10 and Euro area Chart 10b. Malta: Foreign ownership and concentration in the banking sector in 2005 Chart 10c. Malta: Domestic credit expansion Chart 10d. Malta: Share of foreign currency loans List of Boxes Box 1. Article 122(2) of the Treaty Box 2. Article 121(1) of the Treaty Box 3. Assessment of price stability and the reference value Box 4. The excessive deficit procedure Abbreviations and symbols used Member States BE Belgium BG Bulgaria CZ Czech Republic DK Denmark DE Germany EE Estonia EL Greece ES Spain FR France IE Ireland IT Italy CY Cyprus LV Latvia LT Lithuania LU Luxembourg HU Hungary MT Malta NL The Netherlands AT Austria PL Poland PT Portugal RO Romania SI Slovenia SK Slovakia FI Finland SE Sweden UK United Kingdom EU10 European Union Member States that joined the EU on 1 May 2004 (CZ, EE, CY, LT, LV, HU, MT, PL, SI, SK) EUR13 European Union Member States having adopted the single currency (BE, DE, EL, ES, FR, IE, IT, LU, NL, AT, PT, SI, FI) EU15 European Union, 15 Member States before 1 May 2004 (EUR-12 plus DK, SE and UK) EU25 European Union, 25 Member States before 1 January 2007 EU27 European Union, 27 Member States Currencies EUR euro ECU European currency unit USD US dollar MTL Maltese lira Other abbreviations CBM Central Bank of Malta CPI Consumer price index CR5 Concentration ratio (defined as the aggregated market share of five banks with the largest market share) ECB European Central Bank EDP Excessive Deficit Procedure EMI European Monetary Institute EMU economic and monetary union ERM II exchange rate mechanism II ESCB European System of Central Banks Eurostat Statistical Office of the European Communities FDI foreign direct investment GDP gross domestic product GFCF gross fixed capital formation HICP harmonised index of consumer prices ICT information and communications technology MTO medium-term objective MFSA Malta Financial Services Authority PPS Purchasing Power Standard SGP Stability and Growth Pact ULC unit labour costs VAT value added tax 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Role of the report Box 1: Article 122(2) of the Treaty "At least once every two years, or at the request of a The euro was introduced on 1 January 1999 by eleven Member State with a derogation, the Commission and Member States, following several years of successful the ECB shall report to the Council in accordance adjustment efforts to achieve a high degree of with the procedure laid down in Article 121(1). After sustainable convergence. The decision1 by the consulting the European Parliament and after Council (meeting in the composition of the Heads of discussion in the Council, meeting in the composition State or Government) on 3 May 1998 in Brussels on of the Heads of State or Government, the Council the eleven Member States deemed ready to participate shall, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal in the single currency (from the beginning) had, in from the Commission, decide which Member States accordance with the Treaty (Article 121(4)), been with a derogation fulfil the necessary conditions on prepared by the Ecofin Council on a recommendation the basis of the criteria set out in Article 121(1), and from the Commission. The decision was based on the abrogate the derogations of the Member States two Convergence Reports made by the Commission2 concerned." and the European Monetary Institute (EMI), respectively.3 These reports, prepared in accordance with Article 121(1) of the Treaty, examined in Denmark and the United Kingdom negotiated opt-out considerable detail whether the Member States arrangements before the adoption of the Maastricht 4 satisfied the convergence criteria and met the legal Treaty and do not participate in the third stage of requirements. EMU. Until these Member States indicate that they wish to participate in the third stage and join the Those Member States which are assessed as not single currency, they are not the subject of an fulfilling the necessary conditions for the adoption of assessment by the Council as to whether they fulfil the single currency are referred to as "Member States the necessary conditions. with a derogation". Article 122(2) of the Treaty lays down provisions and procedures for examining the Greece submitted a request on 9 March 2000 for its situation of Member States with a derogation (Box 1). convergence situation to be re-examined. The Ecofin 5 At least once every two years, or at the request of a Council adopted the decision that Greece fulfilled the Member State with a derogation, the Commission and necessary conditions for adoption of the single the European Central Bank (ECB) are required to currency on 19 June 2000. The decision was taken on prepare Convergence Reports on such Member States. the basis of a proposal from the Commission and having regard to the discussion of the Council, meeting in the composition of the Heads of State or Government. The decision was based on two Convergence Reports made by the Commission6 and the ECB7, which covered both Greece and Sweden. Greece adopted the single currency with effect from 4 Protocol (No 26) on certain provisions relating to Denmark, Protocol (No 25) on certain provisions 1 OJ L 139, 11.5.1998, pp. 30-35. relating to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 2 Report on progress towards convergence and Northern Ireland. recommendation with a view to the transition to the 5 OJ L 167, 7.7.2000, pp. 19-21. third stage of economic and monetary union, 6 European Commission, Convergence Report 2000, COM(1998)1999 final, 25 March 1998. COM(2000) 277 final, 3 May 2000. 3 European Monetary
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